Known For
Writing
Credits
15 titles
Craig Pearce
Biography
Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor. Pearce's acting credits include a regular role in soap opera The Restless Years in 1981, guest roles in Bellamy and G.P., and film roles in To Make a Killing (1988), Mad Bomber in Love (1992) and The Seventh Floor (1994). Pearce co-wrote the play Strictly Ballroom and the screenplay of the 1992 movie adaptation with Baz Luhrmann. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, and the 2013 film The Great Gatsby; all with Luhrmann. He received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
Known For
Filmography
Elvis
Screenplay
Pistol
Executive Producer
Will
Writer
The Great Gatsby
Screenplay
Charlie St. Cloud
Writer
Moulin Rouge!
Writer
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Romeo + Juliet
Screenplay
The Seventh Floor
Ed
Mad Bomber in Love
Bernard Lynch
Strictly Ballroom
Screenplay
E Street
Bronco Miles
To Make a Killing
Terry
Nightmaster
Guy Duncan
Rafferty's Rules
Lyle Jurd